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SOUTHERN BANNER: 31 ARCH 12, 1878.
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•IASE FLINT’S EXPLOIT.
About ten years ago, a man by the
name of Elkanab Flint moved with
Ills family from one of the New Eiig-
to~ | 'T3'e*rine'ym’ '^Stiffly.
Minn., where lie took upland under
the Homestead Law.
.Being unable, fpr some season, to
obtain a dear title to his Hind, "he
moved again, and settled en the St.
Louis River, about 8(1' miles ’tidrtli-
west of Duluth. It was while at
Duluth the writer was told the fol-
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lowing story:
Flint’s family consisted, besides his
wife and himself, of three children,
whose names were Jason, a boy of
16, a daughter, Abigail,' 2 years
younger, and a little girl but three
years old, whose name, I think, was
Flora.
Their first clearing w as made on a
fertile wooded interval, on the right
bank of the river. About a 100 rods
back from the stream stood their
house, built of cottonwood logs.
It was a wet season, and their lo
cation proved to be a damp one.
From this cause, very likely, Mrs.
Flint and her little girl sickened from
colds, and both died of pneumonia.
The death of child occurred two
days after the death of the mother.
All the care of the household thus
fell TtponAhby Flint; now-m her 14th
year, and who seems to have been a
ypry capable girl. Her brother Jason
was pf a different ftamp, and rendered
his father but little help. He was
attracted by nothing but hunting,
and scouting: Often he brought
home a deer or a quarter, of moose,
but it was with the greatest reluc
tance that he set himself to ploughing
or planting. t: “ ;' 1 '"« •' ■»>»•* “
To trap,along the upper conrse of
the river was far more to Jason's
liking than felling trees.
He was very adroit in trading with
Indians, parties of whom often came
to the settler’s house. So sharp,
indeed were his bargains in furs with
them, that they had, within a year,
bestowed upon him the nickname
Tarouch-tu-gippoo; which I should
translate liberally as “ Young skin
flint." i,,. !■ ..j .
It was not very long afterwards
that the memorable troubles with the
Sioux began, marked by those hor
rible massacres of the settlers in the
back counties of Iowa and Minnesota.
During the first days of June of
the year of our story, Mr. Flint- set
off in his “ dug out ” boat for the
then small village of Duluth,.to pro-
cure some farming implements. He
ordered Jason to remain close at
home, and set him to, hoeing in a
small field of potatoes on a piece of
ground recently cleared and burned
over.
But Jason, whose mind was intent
on Indians, believed it necessary to
make a scouting tour across the
country to a neighboring settlement.
This trip occupied the first day of his
father’s absence.
The next morning ho set out to
work on the potato patch—all. the
more dilligently because Mr. Flint
was expected home that night—and,
as was not very oncommou with Itim,
he coaxed his, sister Abby to leave
her work in the house and help him.
Sprouts from the roots and stumps
of the latelyjfefied trees, had come
np plentifully among the; potatoes.
Abby went abend with a bush hook,
or bush-bill, and cut up ;tbe sprouts,
while Jason followed and hilled np
the potatoes withw.hOe.y,,,,; a .
But his eyes .roygd about,a,good
deal as ho hoed, and* for oner, at
least, those sharp wandering «yes of
his did him good- service,
to look forward f# the, endvof thfe
'iWj' Miefe the forest 'bordfered the
clearing, hU f ^ an •Ijyl&n in thQ act'
the
t*unk of a.great wapluto a blackened
Tiic distance to the pine stub was
13 or 20 rods—too far for the red
skin’s gun to shoot with certainty.
Dropping his eyes, Jase hoed on with
apparent carelessness.
Abby had not seen the Indian, and
he daryd pot even whisper a warning
to her, lest slio should take fright,
and thus bring the savage at once
upon them. Jase's own gun, though
loaded wa?nt the hppse, which was
out of sight behind the bushes.. f
With great presence of mind, Jase
Mid to his sister— . '
«“ P°n’t hurry so, ,4‘b^, jit’s too
warm to hurry. I’m going to fetch
out some water.” And setting down
his hoe, he strolled leisurely across
the piece, whistling as he went, half-
expecting at every step to feel a
bullet. i m ,Jn- { ,
Getting among the bashes, he ran
to the lionse and caught down his
gun and powder horn, with the eu-
tention of making a circuit through
the woods, and coming round in the
rear of the savage who, be thought,
would be intense in watching his
sister.
fitoHMthe
potatoes, .: sis «IsiiHMsh«,i (, .
: * Boy though h<J was, Jase was at no
loss to understand the movement of
the savage.. He knew’ that he was
only waiting there for his sister and
himself to approach nearer, when he
would probably shoot him, and en
deavor to take his sister prisoner.
But the leathern pouch which held
his stock of bullets was gone * from
the peg. In (doing her' vtork ’lhkt
morning, Abby had. herself knocked
it off, and it had fhnOn dowirthroagh
an opening in the floor. •
In breathless haste Jason searched
the room over and over, bnt could
not And the pouch. Knowing there
was not a moment to lose, he’set off,
with hut the single' charge!'• his gun.
He had but just got otit’of the
door when lie heard’ Abbyscreara.
Then there followed a smothered
sound. And then he heard her try
to call his name.' l '*‘
Even then the boy’s presence of
mind uiu net desert him. He thought
if the savage was alone, his sister’s
sole chance of life lay in the Indian’s
not discovering that he was pursued
He ran to the edge of the bushes
that skirted the potatoes, and looked
out. The redskin was dragging Abby
after him by her wrists, and was just
entering the woods on the farther
side going out towards the river.
From this, Jase concluded that
the Indian had come down the
stream in a canoe, which he had left
not tar off. If the savage should re
gain his canoe, Jason’s only chance
would be to shoot him from the
hank. This, he resolved to attempt.
Not much more than a mile above
the clearing, the river makes a great
bond, and at one point is quite swift
and narrow. Making a circuit
through the woods, Jason ran to in
tercept the Iudian at the bend.
He was right in his conjecture, for
he had but just crept through some
thick alders on the bank, when he
saw a canoe coming swiftly up the
6trenm. The Indian’s paddle glit
tered in the sun as he sat in the
stern, and, with quick, strong strokes,
propelled the little craft against the
current. He could sec his sister
crouching in the middle of the canee,
with her head muffled in some coarse
doth.' •’):»- ’ ■ / -v/
Jase cocked his gun, aud, with the
greatest caution, brought the piece
to bear on the savage, determined to
fire the instant he came near, enough.
But the weary Indian either heard
some sound from the shore, or sus
pected danger at this narrow point in
the channel, 'for, before he had come
witliih rangfc, Jase saw ‘him creep
forward 'and ,! crouch beside Ifis Cap*
live in Such a'manner
own body with hens.';
; Jason,.saw$e Ravage’s sharp eyes'! J
scanning $)e bifsW but herc^d not f ,
g eves ¥^ouia^^j.isrister. < ,r
Chancing i* T ¥»3*
bpld boy t i¥8ftJ»of ^islje^ftened. Three
or four mjlfi? jchfpipql . ^ss Vrflken
by, ileJges' t .,3ndj ri ^irgq ( ,.^ljJer^
against which, near the upper end
of the broken water, were piled great
Wirt* UP'driftfogfr tatnwtth/- Jase
hdd trapped there; dnfl kttew the
il i; •* W*rubH '!<, low,..; '*
' 'fhefy u h’«e'tTitte f piles bf drift in
* at that poihtb. etM *ear
the"light bank, .^tfotbef bh' al led£e a
little* |farther 4?feWfjpfr
higher up, and a one lodged against
two enormous rocks, still nearer the
opposite bank.
It was between these banks and
the shore that boats and canoes go
ing up the river usually passed. For
the current was 'here neither so
strong nor so swift, but flowed
smoothly over a pebbly bottom.
With a line, a canoe or boat could
be pulled np against the current; and
the water was not so deep but tliat a
mau could wade and draw a boat
after him. To shoot at the;savage
when he drew his canoe up the rapid
was Jase’s next thought. T ; a 1
After a hot raft,- be am-- out
near the rapids, and -easily • waded
across to the first pHe of drift. There
were rocks on which he was able to
jump to the second of the three. But
it was only by wading that he was
able to get to the farthest drill-pile,
the point he wished to reach.
Several times, he was.nearly swept
away by stumbling over,, the slippery
rocks upon the bottom. But lie goes
over the slippery rocks upon the bot
tom. But he got over, and, hiding
himself partly under some of the
brush, and behind an old tilted-up
stump, he lay in trait* for the Indian.
From this lurking place he eould
not see down stream j' hut in about
twenty minutes he heard the Indian
wading in the rSpid,' ■ splashing his
way up, pulling the canoe after hiin.
A minute more, and Jase caught
sight of him, bent over, as he carefully
planted his moccasiued feet autqng
the slippery, stones on the bottom.
He had the line ovet one shoulder,
and the cahbe v «i*hr Abby, w*s 10 or
12 feet behind The girl was
now sobbing bitterly,'quite despair
ing of escape or rescue. ■ ff<
The Indian had come within 30 or
40 feet of Jase, bnt at that moment
his qnick ear caught some sound from
drift-heap. He stooped and turned
shortly round. 1
This was Jase’s chance. Before
the savage could stir, the young
backwoodsman had fired at him.
And it was a most fortunate shot—
for Abby Flint, at least.
Jase had hit the Indian in a vital
part. Uttering a dreadful cry of
pain, the savage let go the. Hne, and
attempted to reach the drift-heap;
but being so severely gwounded, he
lost his footing and rolled down the
rapid. * • v »-.
The canoe, too, eaught sidewi.se by
the current, was upset, and Abby,
clutching at the gunwale, which was
wound with basket-stuff, was carried
with it into an eddy beneath the
other bank.
' J ' u Hang on to it, Abb!’’ were the
first words she heard from her brother.
Jase had waded into the stream,
and ciossing over, he seized hold of
the canoe; bnt stepping into a deep
hole near the eddy, both he and his
sister sank completely out of sight.
For a moment, they were near drown
ing. The boy struggled ont, how
ever, and pulled his sister to the
shore. * ’ r-" !• t
Neither of them saw anything
more of the Indian. Probably lie
was carried into the deep water be
low the rapid and was drowned,
I wish I had been able to learn
more of the subsequent career of:
Jase ^li^t j JifljtT could only hear at
Duluth that he had become u scout
Wdjn^sn fighter out West.
He was certainly a cool-headed,
Stypdy-haiitled youngster—if not t
very good farmer’s hoy. I wish he
cpnld have been both. But there iS
an .old. proverb that, “it takes all
^ f” 1 !" kinds of folks to lqake tip a world
as to slneld his and also another, that “iyon cannot
lomii-oj vd; 'Thave' everything' in one boy.” So,
while wo regret Jase’s failing, let us
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